cretinous

adjective

Definition of cretinousnext
as in imbecilic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cretinous
  1. fatuous
  2. brainless
  3. vacuous
  4. brain-dead
  5. stupid
  6. idiotic
  7. unintelligent
  8. witless
Adjective
  • Schools must accept that mission statements without curriculum alignment are fatuous; the way schools define themselves is through the experience that flows from their curriculum.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Neither Berlanti nor Gilroy believe in them beyond the fatuous setup of their competitiveness with each other.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 July 2024
Definition of fatuous
Adjective
  • The O’Haras happen to move in next door to him. Frothy and often filthy without being brainless (send thanks across the Atlantic for that good British dialogue), this is escapism done right.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • So, what can the neuronal activity of a tiny, brainless creature possibly tell us about the evolution of our own complex brains?
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 June 2024
Definition of brainless
Adjective
  • The songs almost never advanced plot, and instead over-indulged in vacuous character study.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • First is Google’s plan to cull low-quality apps from Play Store, which should raise the bar materially and cut out much of the vacuous content littering users’ phones.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of vacuous
Adjective
  • All the ingredients for a romp are there, from the blinkered heroine to the delicious possibilities of brain-dead Hollywood pitchspeak.
    Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024
  • Another 15 to 19 are based in hospitals, but devoted to only brain-dead organ donors.
    Isabella Cueto, STAT, 25 June 2024
Definition of brain-dead
Adjective
  • Give yourself permission to go see a truly stupid movie.
    Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Among the show’s many, many, many Twilight Zone spoofs, this one is the funniest and the best, with a conclusion that’s equal parts brilliant and stupid.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success.
    Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond the Lungs Two other cardiac cases impressed me — and blew away the idiotic notion that young people are immune to COVID-19.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
Definition of idiotic
Adjective
  • But the gullible, easily-led and unintelligent — and the media — all fall for the lie.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Both of these insults are based on racist stereotypes (the lazy trope and the unintelligent trope) that have been weaponized against Black people throughout history.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of unintelligent
Adjective
  • But apparently, California just couldn’t abide this challenge to its primacy as the most witless state in the union.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 Sep. 2024
  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) To borrow Jeff Bridges’s description of the magazine that Simon Pegg’s character once ran, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is witless.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of witless
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